Mesh Marillion
Fairlight Corp
Rooks and Kings
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Posted - 2010.05.19 00:27:00 -
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How long have you been playing? since 07, took one year long break
Have you ever been in low sec? i live there for almost one year now.
Do you run missions or complexes in low sec? did some missions in a secured deadend system and still run sites in low sec
If so, what is the appeal for you? i like explorations, for missions it was mainly the resulting LP and the quality of missions availible (4 or 5 max quality L4 agents)
If not, why not? stopped running missions because any potential gains is offset by the compromises and risks while missionrunning - especially if you run a pimped marauder like I prefer to do.
Are rewards in low sec in line with the risk? prolly not, at least not for mission running. explorations is a bit more difficult because gatecamps in low sec tend to be less dangerous, you will almost never lose a covops for example unless some *** runs a smartbombing camp.
Is the risk in low sec over-stated? depends on where you operate and how well you know the region. I'd say its mostly on spot for newbs.
Would education from savvy players about how to mitigate risk in low sec encourage folks who didn't just want to AFK L4's to operate there? Don't know. If you're risk averse to a point where you're willing to give up 10-20 % income for almost immunity against gangs, then no. And speaking economically, those people are probably right.
What is the number one change to low sec that would cause you to considering doing missions and complexes there? (Be realistic! "Kick the pirates out!" is humorous but not realistic.  ) Complexes are fine, I guess, perhaps close the gap between nullsec and lowsec plexes a bit. For missions perhaps a redesign like CCP did for the pirate arcs - speedboat missions. Or increase the gap further to offset the difference between the killing speed of a pimped high sec marauder to a plain low sec low cost setup.
Do you believe it is possible to make low sec changes that would allow both pirates and carebears to co-exist profitably without crippling either's play style to extinction? Why or why not? Probably not. Given the rather risk averse nature of most mission runners they will quit low sec after losing their first expensive ship. If they come back, most pirates tend to grief them to the point that they have to leave simply for economic reasons. I've seen it happen in Aridia, when we arrived there and it might happen in the Vestouve area as well.
Some final words: almost nobody in our alliance earns money through low sec missions. Some do explorations (especially in nullsec though), some have an alt in W-Space. Then there are folks with industrial alts or like me, high sec mission runners. This in itself might be an indicator that the risk vs reward situation for L4 missions in low sec could be improved. For a lot of those who have avoided lowsec until now, i guess even if L4 agents were to be banned from high sec, they'd still stay there and grind L3s then.
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